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Go to any cool concerts this summer? Any planned?
I'm going to the Format and Ted Leo in August, but nothing so far. What have been the best shows of your summer? Of your life?
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Went to the Badly Drawn Boy concert Saturday. He had a full band with him this time. It was EXCELLENT! He did every song from the latest album "Born in the UK," plus a few from each of the previous albums.
russel peters
april 14th in philly
I'm going to Coachella!!
Just friday, because Liam and I are cheap, and we want to see cali a little bit during a long weekend.
I'm looking for camping tickets for coachella, if anyone knows anyone.
*jealous* this is where i want to go: http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/
Bad Brains, Beasties, Bjork, Spoon, Sarah Silverman. I'd hit that. The festival, I mean.
anything with a wookie stage and yeti stage is okay by me. I love minus the bear and they are there too.
the beasties are playing there. totally wish i could go.
I'm very, very jealous. whew. have a good time and take some pics for us.
I will, and if ian ever gets the picture section up again, I can add them.
NO WAY! too bad you're not going ot be there for the Rage reunion. and PLEASE venture out of coachella. its an icky town. its SUPER inland...you'l be close to SD spend some time there....its GORGEOUS
better believe i'm not spending the whole time away from the beach. We'll be staying a few days with my sister inlaw in Ventura.
What are the must see places?
oooo since you'll be in ventura, venture an hour north to santa barbra, its GORGEOUS there...you can wine taste, shop, eat oh the pier hit some bars. I LOOOOVE it there! you must hit up LA, santa monica, venice...hey do your in laws know the lisheskys??
ohh thanks. I don't know, but I doubt she knows the lishekys, I will ask.
Yo La Tengo - tomorrow in Philly (I'll have miss it, regretably)
Badly Drawn Boy and The Pogues are in March
gym class heroes and rx bandits (february 25)philly
oh snap. i like the sound of that.
take a look at my girlfriend ... she's the only one i got ... ba da da da!
"i tried to give her tic-tacs but they were scared of her"
one of the attorneys i used to work for used to be a backup singer in that band
Hmm...I didn't get tickets for the NYC show before it sold out. I don't know if I can swing going to Philly that night, though. Hmm.
its a sunday night but its sold out now too. see, i was so positive you already had tix for nyc and i just forgot to buy mine before they sold out.
Yeah, I've been bad about getting tickets lately. I didn't get Flogging Molly ones either before they sold out.
Since when does RxB sell out all these places!?
yeah its gotta be gym class heroes though cuz notice that rx isn't even the headliner.
March 5--Mad Caddies, Philly
March 9--Flogging Molly, Starland
this is kind of cool. a concert calendar for itunes: http://www.iconcertcal.com/
awesome! did it.
I'm regretably missing 2 great shows this week
yo jp let's go see jack's mannequin at hamerstein
yeah dude definately whats the date
i went to some really edgy and controversial concerts of bands you have never heard of
haha
that you so sure we never heard of.. or just didn't want to say the names of? heh
Damien Rice and Paul Weller are coming up. I'd really like seeing Rice. Don't think I'll get to see any of those 2 sadly.
i want to see damien rice too! one of my co-workers saw him a few years back and said it was one of the best he's been to.
I've seen one of his concerts on television in 2004. He rocked! Definately one of the people I want to see perform before I die.
I need to see Deftones, CKY and Mastodon, i'll be quite upset if i miss any of those three
everything else i don't really care about or know about right now
anyone else GOOD touring? haha
a bunch of us are seeing me first and the gimme gimmes on sunday!! i'm excited about that cuz they are just so much fun
whoah that reminds me of 1998 and Tina cuz that's all she listened to back then haha good times!!
yeah i've never seen them but i've always liked their stuff, my parents are even going, it's gonna be fun!
i dont know if this counts as a concert but savion glover is preforming at njpac on december 3 and i am soooo psyched to see it. especially after watching happy feet.
anti static spray is playing with tape dispencer keyboard jacket, and eight pencil erasers on november 22nd...
those bands are ok, but i much prefer Head Magnetic.. they're playing soon with Effone Rescue Me and The Holy Punch Cards
NO WAY!!! i am so there
Those are the dumbest band names I have ever heard...
they're pretty good bands tho, you might like them actually.
check out the Quarter Machine Superball Paperweights and Remote Control Fiasco
Maybe. They're still funny names.
Hahahaha! Evil.
going to see Imogen Heap!
who wants to go see brand new and dashboard confessional? its thurs dec 8. mike and i were talking about going. its at a college in NY, and it doesnt look like too big of a place. tickets are 25+fees. cmon, skip your meeting! i mean, catch it on a different night or something...
uhhh yeah i want to go but i dunno about missing the meeting ... what college in NY? $25 plus tickmaster fees? so really $33?
i gotta hook you up with that brand new sampler ...
yeah probably like 33. i got my book study that night so i can just go to monday night study.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003D53959563E2?artistid=703045&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60
its binghamton college in binghamton. i mapquested, its about 2 hours from me. its a hike, but thats a great lineup and better than going to msg and sitting in the far reaches of section 400.
dec 7th, my b
Upcoming scheduled shows that interest me from now to December: Archie Bronson Outfit, Secret Machines, Kaki King, Lake Trout, Skeleton Key, The Lemonheads, My Morning Jacket, Primus
Saw Mojave 3 Sunday night. So good that show was!
nightmare of you at maxwells in november!!
dude - where? when? did i miss it?? my wife will KILLLLLLLLLL ME
no, its nov 17, friday. i got a group of like 10-11 going, you guys should come. tickets still available i think
they put on a really really tight show too. they are right on. i saw them at ramapo college like 6 months ago, it was really good.
dude, i can't believe you did that and didn't call me. i work about 5 minutes away from ramapo college. argh!!
yeah tickets still available, and maxwells is a tiny place too.
http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=nj&query=detail&event=698264
hope you guys had fun. i thought nightmare was really not nearly as good as they were last time i saw them. i still had a great time though.
so weird... echofission, that opening band... i used to work with the kid who is the drummer for that band, john abate
he also drives the same car as me
they said the drummer was from califon. i gave a yell
did anyone see beck this past weekend at lowe's in jersey city?? i'm bummed that i missed that!
Thanks to stef I got to see pennywise, ignite, and circle jerks. Great show, not much of a fan of circle jerks but ignite was suprisingly intense and pennywise was incredible. Can't believe this punk scene still exists
im so jealous!!! i havent seen circle jerks in YEARS! LUUUV them (if you ever get a chance go see TSOL) and pennywise...always a blast!!
I was there last night too, with Todd - it was great!
for the mont of october, irving plaza has some really awesome shows lined up for the next few months
bands such as pennywise, ignite, lost prophets, story of the year, nfg, circle jerks, sparta, the new york dolls, joan jet, ziggy marely, victor wooten, and robert earle keen,, and even michael ian black and michael showalter are performing standup.
i obviously can't go to all of these so i just have to figure out which ones i want to see most. mike sho, and michael ian black are def. at the top of the list for me.
sparta, haha. makes me think of the history.
the members of At The Drive In broke up and became two bands-- Sparta and the Mars Volta.
fairly recently, the guitarist from Sparta joined the the boys in the Mars Volta as a knob twiddler. the Mars Volta is slowly turning back into At The Drive In, but with a very different sound, OF COURSE.
now, is Sparta any good? i can't imagine they are, because people on ezabel like them. BUTTT i can't say for sure, because i've never really listened to them.
yeah they are pretty good. the guys voice gets a little annoying but other then that i like em'.
hmmm, so since i like At the Drive In and Mars Volta, they must be no good too
This equation interests me. Show work.
showalter and black probably didn't want david wain on tour with them because he always gets all the ladies.
hahaha, definitely,
I saw Sparta open for Weezer a few years ago.
did you like?
Oh..and they weren't any good.
haha, well some bands aren't very good live. like goldfinger so i've heard.
and also you said it was a few years ago, so they may have just been crappy back then or whatever.
Goldfinger is ownage live. Old Goldfinger mostly. Back when they did Skiers Must Perish regularly. I saw them like 10 times.
yeah they put on a fun show. hopefully mike can come in here and reminisce about their show in philly a couple years back.
what lunatic told you GF wasnt good live?!? i've been to tons of shows, and GF is my fav. i've seen them at least 8 times.
My list for the upcoming month..so crazy:
10.16.Flogging Molly--Webster Hall
10.29.The Toasters--Knitting Factory
10.30.AFI--Starland Ballroom
11.01.Rx Bandits--CMJ
11.03.Rx Bandits--Stone Pony
ooh. bandits. stone pony. less than a half hour from me. i'm there.
Yay! They're also playing in Philly. But it turns out it's only physically possible for me to do one show a night so I have to pick and choose.
I would like to see Beck and Primus
beck is so great live!
everyone get his new album, the information, it comes out today!
already?! man i hate being poor.
well, if you don't have the money for it now, i'm sure you can find a Friend Trying to Please you. *wink wink* (i hope you do the FTP thing, or else you'll probably think my little acronym is rather useless)
ohhh I Frequent The Place. Thank you fellow Beck lovah!
Concerts I'd like to go to:
Flogging Molly
Sun 10.08--Philly, Electric Factory
Mon 10.09--Philly, Electric Factory
Wed 10.11--NY, Toad's Place
Rx Bandits
Wed 11.01--NY, CMJ Rebel
Fri 11.03--Asbury Park, Stone Pony
Toasters
Sun 10.29--NY, Knitting Factory
Wed 12.06--Philly, The Troc
Tue 12.12--Hackensack, School of Rock
AFI!!!
Mon 10.30--Sayreville, Starland Ballroom
I saw the toasters a few years ago - so much fun! They're still one of the best live bands.
Seeing the Toasters live is so much fun! I got to go up on stage a few times back and dance with them for "Mona."
Awesome! :)
i'm down for going to rxb in asbury on friday. they're also playing inphilly on sunday which i was thinking of going to. but i work wed. so it's a no go for cmj.
Sammy and I are definetely going to the asbury show on Friday, probably the NY one too. I probably won't do the Philly one, I hate driving all the way there and back.
Tortoise on Sunday was Gorgeous
I went to see the blue man group. Oh wow that was great. I got to go on stage, and I took out a roll of duct tape and taped all three those nerds together and took them to an island surrounded by yellow paint. Good bye! Haha see ya when your yellow!
i saw them perform at halftime at a knicks game probably almost ten years ago. maybe it was like 97.
Tortoise is only weeks away!
Possibly Yo La Tengo again. But this time at Loews Theatre, Jersey City.
what! when are they playing there? i will see if i can work concession. :)
September 17th. I was gonna write you today about it, since it's in New York. (Bowery Ballroom) Definately get a ticket. www.ticketweb.com Do Will call, otherwise it's 14 dollars shipping. They don't come to this side of the country often.
Ooops, I was just talking about Tortoise. (But you see Tortoise as well, whether you know them or not)
here's the Yo La Tengo info:
Friday, September 29 8:00 PM (7:00 PM doors)
Yo La Tengo
at Landmark Loews Theatre, New Jersey
U.S.$25.00
This week - Wednesday night - super small "Taking Back Sunday" show at Webster Hall. I got the wife tickets, so it should be an awesome show. I don't like TBS a huge amount (they're good and all but don't get me that excited), but my wife was nice enough to suffer through like 3 or 4 Rob Thomas shows now, so I believe it's only fair.
In the past year, strangely enough, I've only seen like, the same two shows
nice. i saw new found glory at webster and they shut down the show due to worries of the floor collapsing.
went to a rockabily monster mash show at otto's shrunken head (divey tiki bar) in ny. so much fun! boys in white shirts & cuffed levis with super slick hair and pompadors. curvy ladies in retro dresses, pencil skirts and kitten heels. what a cute scene.
ted leo was a lot of fun. not only was it free, but he played for TWO HOURS. definately the best show for the buck ive ever gotten. and free parking in nyc doesnt hurt either. that was the nicest night ive had in a long time for my wallet.
ted is an amazing guitar player. and seems like hes a really nice guy. he is really down to earth from stage and didnt curse once. i got to briefly talk to him afterwards, just to tell him he played well and ask him a couple questions. He was really nice! good show.
Yeah I heard about this trip. That's the funniest band name I've ever heard.
ted leo and the pharmacists?
yup.
haha, why is it funny?
Uh, ok. haha... A pharmacist playing music...kind of strange.
hmm. i guess so. they can play well.
Concert was awesome. I got there and Mates of State were one, I was happy to see them do Fraud of the 80's or what ever it's called. Spoon came up next but I was on my phone the whole time.
Death Cab came on and they were amazing! I was really impressed with how great they sounded. They did a litte of everthing. Stuff from Transatlanticism, Plans, and and two of their earlier CD's. They also did a Sonics Cover. But it was really cool because Gibbard spoke to the audience and was pretty funny. They had us laughing a few times. Mates of State came out to join them on Transatlanticism, and it was phenominal. Really was a great show, one of my favorites of recent memory.
DUDE. the format was AMAZING. like wow. i really enjoyed it.
jack's mannequin-we missed a lot of their set, unfortunately. opening for OAR, i guess the college frat boys REALLY want to get their band starting on time, because jack's started early and didnt play long. but what we saw was good, i'd just like to see them in a smaller venue.
i saw tally hall on thursday too in philly, a fun band. then sunday i went to music fest in bethlehem. so it was definately a music filled weekend, although we were more into the fireworks at musicfest.
oh yeah, and jacks/oar-ive never seen so many college dweebs in my life, and i go to college. ugh. all these frat boys and fake tan short skirt girlfriends drinking cheap beer. none of them cared about jacks mannequin, so they were all getting drunk while they were playing. we left after jakcs, missing OAR, and on the way out, we saw this guy passed out in a ravine with his face in a bush. we later saw a guy run face first into a port-a-john. and heard more f-bombs dropped than ever in my life.
how many piece band did The Format play with?
well nate sang, sam played keyboard and acoustic (2 original band members-they started out as only 2 guys, but i think now they have added permanent members of the band i believe). then a drummer, two electric guitarists, bass, drums, and guys on trombone and trumpet.
I think when I saw them, a few years ago now, they had only 2 guys on stage..
yeah, they were just nate and sam before.
Oh yeah guess who is seeing Dashboard Tonight!!! That would be me... hahahaha
Celine dion and barry manilow in vegas!
HOORAY
They are doing something together... with Ali G... Oceans 13
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/18/barry_manilow_celine_dion_aamp_sacha_bar/
Ali G Speaking with George Paton Orange Lodge Grandmaster in Northern Ireland...
"Ali : When you is on your marches is there music?
George : There is lots of music.
Ali : Is you knocking out a drum and bass sound or is it more speed garage?
George : *pause* Er, different drummers have different styles.
Ali : Do you not think you should use a bit of human beat box? Then people could really chill.
Ali : Would you ever marry a protestant girl?
George : Perhaps.
Ali : Well that is a good gesture, no. Wot about marrying a Catholic girl?
George : Possibly because of my faith I would not.
Ali : But what if she was fit?
George : Again, because of my religion, no.
Ali : But what if she had her own car, AND sound system and she wasn't gonna be stealing money off you all the time. Would you marry 'er then?
George : I think I could be friends with Catholics.
[..............]
George : It's hard for some people to understand, but because of my faith, no.
Ali : But what if they woz really, really fit?
George : NO.
Ali : Wot about the band the Corrs? Would you marry them?
George : NO!
Ali : So you is telling me that if they walked in 'ere now and asked you to marry them you wouldn't.
George : Because of my faith, no.
Ali : All three of them.
George : NO.
Ali : So you really believe this stuff then!"
haha
ohhh, man. he's so funny. i love Borat more tho. he's got his own flick comin' out. can't wait.
"throw the jew down the well!"
Don't think I know Borat.
Like Ali-G, Borat is one of Sasha Baron Cohen's alter-egos. Same comedian, different costume, different shtick. Borat is supposed to be a reporter from Kazakhstan who is adjusting to American life. He's KILLER funny. I guess you've never seen the Ali-G show, but know well of it's subject.
i totally didn't realize that he's the french guy in Ricky Bobby
"you sound like a dog with peanut butter on the roof of his mouth."
funnily enough, in the movie, that character's main sponser is Perrier, my new favorite drink.
The first time I saw Ali-G, I seriously didn't know he was... well... not like Ali-G I guess. Pretty funny.
He is amazing. Think he'd marry me?
Ali G? Yes. George? Depends if your Irish or Northern Irish.
Tortoise in September! Been wanting to see them for ages!
Well I got two extra tickets to see DCFC in Nor Cal this Saturday. Shame you folks are all on the east coast. :(
What's DCFC? Dashboard Confessional Football Club?
Not all of us.
hey jesse, did i miss you move again?
Guess so, moved back in June.
As it stands I still have 2 tickets available. I'm waiting for a couple in my hall to give me an answer but if they can't make it I'll have them available. I can probably email them to you if you're interested.
It's in Berkley at the greek theatre, no charge, I'm giving them away. Call me or IM me, modestjesse on AIM.
Does anyone have any cool concert pictures to share?
I'm pretty proud of this one. It's the beastie boys, in oct 2004. http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=3159425093
There are a few other concert albums in my account.
cool shots. i love being that close. when i take pictures from further back, it never turns out as good, not only is further away, but arms and crap are in the way. thats why i love that beasties one so much!
yeah those shots of the beastie boys were DEF HOT! it's like you were on stage or something....part of the photog crew!
Starsailor possibly. They're playing World Live Cafe.
the rolling stones with kayne west in east ruthorford, nj. sept. 27th
i came so close to getting tickets to a me first and the gimme gimme's concert, but it sold out at the last minute (that was actually like 2 or 3 summers ago, but still very very very disapointing).
I had REALLY REALLY wanted to see part of Bon Jovi's: HAVE A NICE DAY tour. Nickleback opening for them so it would've been really awesome. I thought my sister was gonna be able to get me tickets through her job but, she couldn't find the concert in the listed for the discount she would've gotten =(
woohoo! im going to see jack's mannequin on the 11th, then the format on the 12th! its gonna be an awesome weekend.
is anyone going to warped this year?
Good shows I missed this summer :(
Radiohead
Starlight Mints
Calexico
The Walkmen
Six Organs of Admittance
The Boredoms
The Buzzcocks
the Boredoms are crazy. i got one of their CDs and it's like two songs. nearly thirty minutes apiece. really fun stuff.
It's funny how they try and give their songs English titles. The titles are sooo incoherent.
Nevermind the Buzzcocks.
They rock kiddo
No no no..you're supposed to give the line about the sexpistols.
...Here's the Sex Pistols?
Threw me off 'cuz Buzzcocks is not the word.
Nevermind the Buzzcocks is however a TV quiz show on like BBC2.
It just sounded good at the time in my head :)
I got it. And then I started listening to the album.
:)
I went to an instrumental Yo La Tengo, outdoors on a stage in Prospect Park, Brooklyn with French underwater documentary film on a huge screen a couple weeks ago.
Upcoming shows I'm going to this summer will be The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, The Magic Numbers, and Tortoise.
what! ri and i were at YLT show.
best i have been to...has to be beastie boys at nassau. amazing. i saw them 3 times that was the best
Hrm, concerts I went to this summer:
Fiona Apple at a PNC Arts Center type venue, Dresdon Dolls & Violent Femmes at some open field, and I think that's been it so far.
Best concert I've ever gone to would have to be Smashing Pumpkins at the Academy in NYC. It was a small venue, they only sold tickets at 3 local locations (anti-ticketmaster at the time), and it was just before or just after the release of Mellon Collie. It was before they began the world tour and only played in 3 cities, NYC, Toronto, and DC. Lot of energy at the show and I got to see Corgan come off the stage swinging at some kid who threw a shirt on him during a solo. It was really incredible how he - in mid solo - grabbed the shirt and flung it off the arm of the guitar and went back to playing with out skipping a beat. It was really awesome. I saw them once more in Nassau before the piano player od'd.
Runner up shows would be Modest Mouse at the Electric Factory. Radar Brothers opened up and !!! came on next. !!! rocked the house, they were so awesome. It was really the first show where EVERYONE in the place was dancing. !!! really puts on a good show. Modest Mouse was awesome too.
Another runner up would be Kiss at MSG. If you ever have the opportunity to see them, go, you won't regret it. It's what they do best.
WHAT I missed Fiona Apple... where was she playingggggggggggggg argg that's what i get for not keeping up with this stuff, heh
Fiona Apple's shows are amazing
AH! she's playing this Friday and Saturday in my area! And I have my convention this weekend! AH! AHH!!
i think the best shows of my life have been the three Static-X shows i've been to
SO high-energy, SO awesome
and Tool but that goes without saying they are just supreme
this summer i haven't been to any shows yet... i think i'm growing out of the "going to shows" stage and i'm just tired of dealing with hundreds of smelly 12 year olds
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE & TAKING BACK SUNDAY
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd ALLENTOWN, PA
Im jealous!! That's going to be an awesome show!!
I saw TAKING BACK SUNDAY & ANGELS & AIRWAVES w/ THE SUBWAYS at the Tweeter Center in Camden... they were awesome!
Im seeing DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL at the Tweeter Center on Aug 11!!
Allentown Fair? I'm going. But on the Flaming Lips / Sonic Youth day.
I'm really digging the new TBS album, so I'd like to see them, and A-town is so close, but the fair is probably going to be a mobscene. And it's going to be $80 for both Donovan and I... I'm still not sure.
you should come, i think it's gonna be a good time, and i did think that was kinda a lot for a TBS show, but it includes fair admissions which probably would've been $10 bucks apiece. so if you get there early enough to enjoy the fair, i think it's worth it.
If we end up going, I'll let you know. I think we might just play it by ear.